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ACTORS AND ACTRESSES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES From the Days of David Garrick to the Present Time (VOL II)
by Mattews, Brander & Laurence Hutton editors
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Cassell & Co. Limited. Very Good. 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Original clean red cloth elaborately decorated with gilt & black designs & lettering. Top edge gilt. (6) 329pp. Hinges and text tight, clean & intact. Spine head slightly rubbed. Lightly faded spine. Theater ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 329 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7171
- Title
- ACTORS AND ACTRESSES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES From the Days of David Garrick to the Present Time (VOL II)
- Author
- Mattews, Brander & Laurence Hutton editors
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell & Co. Limited
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- Theater, Drama
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts Drama & Stage;
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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